Bi-College Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures

The Bi-College Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) links rigorous language training to the study of East Asian, and particularly Chinese and Japanese, culture and society.

In addition to our intensive programs in Chinese and Japanese languages, departmental faculty offer courses in East Asian literature, religion, film, art and visual culture, and social and intellectual history.

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Students in an advanced topics class taught by Shiamin Kwa have been developing answers to those questions as they explore East Asian culture and history, at home and abroad, and learn to apply tools of cultural analysis through the lens of food.